Plants › Sedges
cutty grass
Carex geminata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Hanging sedgeCarex pendula
New Zealand cabbage treeCordyline australis
slough sedgeCarex obnuptaStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 474 |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 85 |
| Auckland Region | 78 |
| Canterbury Region | 68 |
| Waikato Region | 35 |
| Bay of Plenty Region | 34 |
| West Coast Region | 33 |
| Taranaki Region | 25 |
| Otago Region | 20 |
| Southland Region | 20 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales |
| Family | Sedges · Cyperaceae |
| Genus | true sedges · Carex |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise cutty grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.